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Month: February 2022

Immigrants hold flags while waiting for a naturalization ceremony to become U.S. citizens at the district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on January 28

Immigration agency adds ‘respect’ and ‘welcome’ to mission statement after Trump-era controversy

By Geneva Sands, CNN US Citizenship and Immigration Services changed its mission statement again, four years after the Trump administration removed the phrase “nation of immigrants” from the agency’s statement, a move that prompted backlash from immigrant rights groups and others. Under the Biden administration, the agency is taking a different approach, using words like

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